College Application Process Field Experiment for High School Seniors

A field experiment by University of Toronto researcher Philip Oreopoulos designed to help high school seniors navigate the college application process. The program involved developing tools like a financial aid calculator and a 'Where Would You Go' tool. The dataset likely contains operational and analytical data from this intervention.

Use Cases

• Evaluate the impact of expert operational guidance on college application completion rates.
• Analyze the effectiveness of tools like a financial aid calculator on student decision-making.
• Study behavioral nudges in the college application process for high school seniors.

Strengths

• Data originates from a structured field experiment led by a university researcher.
• Program involved the development of specific intervention tools like a financial aid calculator.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or demographic bias inherent to the specific experimental sites.

Provenance

Source

Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto

Collection Method

Field experiment data

Time Range

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Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

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